“…Perhaps the most in-between of these artists is Lynda Andrews-Barry, whose Catholic grandmother feared she would end up in purgatory because her parents didn’t have her baptized. Her “The DeadZone” places a mechanical bird inside a cage atop a dried stump. Ravens, her statement explains, can escort a soul through purgatory to the afterlife. This playful response to Grandma’s fears features a mechanical bird that comes to life when activated by ambient noise. Its chirps are piercing, if perhaps not loud enough to wake the dead.
An installation view of “In and Between," a collection of mixed-media sculptures by eight artists and a set of drawings. (Athenaeum)
…The work of those eight artists constitutes “In and Between,” but the building’s basement holds pieces by two more people associated with the show: curator Steve Wanna and producer Veronica Szalus. Szalus pits metal against wood by planting rusted paint cans with metal rods around which are wrapped dried vines.”
Review by Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, January 2023. Thank you!
Veronica Szalus and Lynda Andrews-Barry: In and Between Through Feb. 5 at the Athenaeum, 201 Prince St., Alexandria.